Olga Medvedtseva

Olga Valeryevna Medvedtseva (Russian: Ольга Валерьевна Медведцева), former Pyleva (Russian: Пылёва), née Zamorozova (Russian: Заморозова), (born 7 July 1975) is a former Russian biathlete.

Olga Medvedtseva
Full nameOlga Valeryevna Medvedtseva
Born (1975-07-07) July 7, 1975
Borodino, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Soviet Union
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Ski clubCSKA Moscow
World Cup career
Seasons2000-2010
Individual wins10
Indiv. podiums37
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake City 10 km pursuit
2010 Vancouver 4 × 6 km relay
2002 Salt Lake City 4 × 7.5 km relay
Disqualified 2006 Turin 15 km individual
World Championships
2000 Oslo 4 × 7.5 km relay
2001 Pokljuka 4 × 7.5 km relay
2004 Oberhof 15 km individual
2005 Hochfilzen 4 × 6 km relay
2005 Khanty-Mansiysk Mixed relay
2009 Pyeongchang 4 × 6 km relay
2002 Oslo 12.5 km mass start
2004 Oberhof 4 × 6 km relay
2005 Hochfilzen 12.5 km mass start
Updated on January 23, 2010.

At the 2002 Winter Olympics she won an individual gold medal in the 10 km pursuit, as well as the bronze medal in the team relay.

Pyleva also won twice at the Holmenkollen ski festival biathlon competition during the 2004–05 season in the sprint and pursuit events.

She retired after the 2009–10 season.[1]

Doping offense and disqualification in 2006

At the 2006 Winter Olympics she won the silver in the women's 15 km individual race, but on February 16, 2006, she was disqualified from further competition for failing a drug test when she tested positive for the stimulant carphedon. The International Olympic Committee panel found her guilty, and she was expelled from the games and stripped of her medal. She was then banned for two years from competition, and the authorities in Turin started a criminal investigation into the matter. The head of the Russian Anti-Doping Committee claimed that Pyleva took an over-the-counter medication for an ankle injury prescribed by her personal doctor who is not a team doctor, which contained carphedon.[2]

See also

References
  1. Kokesh, Jerry (23 November 2010). "Russia Focuses on World Championships". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  2. "Russian Biathlete Expelled From Torino for Doping | Fox News". 2006-02-16. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
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